Pulitzer Prize
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall
Winner in Nonfiction, 2024
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser
Winner in Biography, 2020
Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa
Finalist in General Nonfiction, 2023
The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura
Finalist in Biography, 2022
National Book Award
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Winner in Nonfiction, 2019
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Finalist in Fiction, 2020
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Longlist in Fiction, 2023
Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Longlist in Nonfiction, 2022
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
Longlist in Nonfiction, 2021
Monument by Natasha Trethewey
Longlist in Poetry, 2019
Bunk by Kevin Young
Longlist in Nonfiction, 2018
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
Longlist in Fiction, 2015
National Book Critics Circle Award
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Winner in Autobiography, 2024
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner
Winner in Biography, 2021
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
Winner in Nonfiction, 2021
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
Winner of John Leonard Award, 2021
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Winner of John Leonard Award, 2019
The Carrying by Ada Limón
Winner in Poetry, 2019
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Finalist for John Leonard Award, 2023
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
Finalist in Fiction, 2022
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
Finalist in Fiction, 2018
Bunk by Kevin Young
Finalist in Criticism, 2018
Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Longlist in Nonfiction, 2022
Booker Prize
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Shortlist, 2023
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Longlist, 2024
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
Longlist, 2015
PEN Awards
Countries of Origin by Javier Fuentes
Winner of PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, 2024
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner
Winner of PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award, 2021
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, 2023
Longlist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, 2023
Longlist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, 2023
Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, 2023
The Carrying by Ada Limón
Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, 2021
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, 2021
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Finalist for the PEN John Kenneth Galbraith Award, 2021
Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison
Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award, 2020
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser
Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award, 2020
Bunk by Kevin Young
Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, 2018
The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón
Longlist for the PEN/Voelcker Award, 2022
Seek You by Kristen Radtke
Longlist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, 2022
Losing Earth by Nathaniel Rich
Longlist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, 2020
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Winner for First Fiction, 2019
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner
Finalist in Biography, 2022
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Finalist in Current Interest, 2018
The Kirkus Prize
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Finalist in Nonfiction, 2023
Seek You by Kristen Radtke
Finalist in Nonfiction, 2022
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Finalist in Fiction, 2019
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Winner in Nonfiction, 2021
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Winner in Fiction, 2019
Bunk by Kevin Young
Winner in Nonfiction, 2018
Lambda Literary Award
We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman
Finalist in Best Bisexual Fiction, 2022
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser
Finalist in Lesbian Memoir/Biography, 2020
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Finalist in Transgender Fiction, 2018
New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell, 2022
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, 2021
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith, 2021
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, 2020
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, 2019
New York Times Notables
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair, 2023
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, 2023
Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson, 2023
A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung, 2023
Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond, 2023
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell, 2022
The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón, 2022
If I Survive You by Jeffrey Escoffery, 2022
Kiki Man Ray by Mark Braude, 2022
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner, 2021
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Imbue, 2021
How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith, 2021
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So, 2021
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, 2020
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, 2020
The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich, 2020
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, 2019
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell, 2019
The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine, 2019
Maggie Brown & Others by Peter Orner, 2019
The Recovering by Leslie Jamison, 2018
The Library Book by Susan Orlean, 2018
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea, 2018
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn, 2016
New York Times Bestseller List
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, 2023 – over one year on the hardback list
Hidden Potential by Adam Grant, 2023 – #1 bestseller
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith, 2021 – #1 bestseller
Think Again by Adam Grant, 2021 – #1 bestseller
Originals by Adam Grant, 2016 – #1 bestseller
Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker, 2024
Real Americans by Rachel Khong, 2024
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim, 2023
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea, 2023
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner, 2021
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow, 2021
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, 2021
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So, 2021
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, 2020
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, 2019
The Recovering by Leslie Jamison, 2018
The Library Book by Susan Orlean, 2018
Washington Post Top Ten Books of the Year
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair, 2023
Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert, 2021
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, 2020
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, 2020
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, 2019
The Library Book by Susan Orlean, 2018
Washington Post Notables
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim, 2023
Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson, 2023
Ancestor Trouble by Maud Newton, 2022
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell, 2022
Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa, 2022
Land of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen, 2021
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia, 2021
Think Again by Adam Grant, 2021
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, 2021
On Freedom by Maggie Nelson, 2021
On Animals by Susan Orlean, 2021
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith, 2021
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So, 2021
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn, 2019
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim, 2019
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami, 2019
Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken, 2019
Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley, 2018
The Carrying by Ada Limón, 2018
The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch, 2017
Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder, 2017
New Yorker Best Books of the Year
Consent by Jill Ciment, 2024
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud, 2024
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger, 2024
Worry by Alexandra Tanner, 2024
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair, 2023
Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine, 2023
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall, 2023
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, 2023
Kiki Man Ray by Mark Braude, 2022
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery, 2022
Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernández, 2022
Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta, 2022
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell, 2022
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg, 2018
President Obama’s Favorite Books
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, 2023
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair, 2023
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell, 2022
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson, 2022
Land of Big Numbers, Te-Ping Chen, 2021
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith, 2021
Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert, 2021
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, 2020
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, 2020
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, 2019
The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates, 2019